Re: Lojban Accent

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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, And Rosta wrote:

> From: And Rosta <a.rosta@uclan.ac.uk>
> 
> > Charles Hope <xodmail@netscape.net>
> > 
> > Thus, there must be a way to figure out how a native Lojban speaker would 
> > accent their English.
> 
> But there is no native Lojban accent. More generally, there is no 
> Lojban accent: that is, it's not possible to say to someone "You have 
> a good/bad accent when you speak Lojban".

Somebody could speak Lojban with improper pronounciation and stress. I
have a difficult time pronouncing "xekri". Maybe an Arab would find that
easy.

The Japanese cannot distinguish spoken "r" and "l", because they don't
have "l". Lojban does, so we know a native Lojban speaker wouldn't have
this difficulty.

What does English sound like when spoken with Lojban stress? Very
emphasized, I think.

Are there any sounds the American has and which Lojban lacks? Why do
accents persist at all? Is it because of sounds which are simply absent in
the parent language?

> 
> --And.
> 

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